Improvement in toys



J. BAUMGARTNER.

' Toy.

No. 219,380. Patented Sept. 9,1879.

UNITED STATES A PATENT QFFIOE.

JOHN BAUMGARTNEB, or NEWARK, New JnnsEY, ASSIGNOR or ONE-HALF HIS RIGHTTO HENRY A. SCHMIDT, OF SAME PLACE,

IMPROV EM ENT IN TOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,380, datedSeptember 9, 1879; application filed February 17, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN BAUMGAR'INER, of Newark, in the county of Essexand State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement inToys called Noisy Eggs, of which the following is a specification.

1n the drawings, Figure l is a sectional view of an egg as arranged fora rattling toy. Fig. 2 is a top View of the lower section.

My invention relates to toys for children producingarapid succession ofrattling sounds by the impinging of the parts together; and consists inuniting two or more sections of a divided body-as of a woodeneggtogether by an elastic cord, which holds them in con- 7 tact, and inhaving a non-elastic cord attached to one of the sections, so thatpulling suddenly on this cord will stretch the elastic, when the lsections will fly apart, and the release of the strain on the outsidecord will allow the rubber cord to contract and cause the sectionssuddenly to strike together and produce noisy rattling sounds as theoperation is repeated for the diversion of the little folks.

Ordinarily I make a wooden egg. I cut it in halves, A B, and between thetwo sections I place a rubber cord, 0, made taut, to hold the sectionsclosely together, but still admitting of being further stretched. To onesec tion I attach a non-elastic cord, D, to be held in the hand of theoperator. When a sudden jerk is made on this string it will stretch therubber and cause the sections A B to separate, which will close togetheragain with a quick sharp sound when the pull on the cord is released.

These sections, in their exterior, may be made in ball or other shape,and may be of any desired material, and other sections may be addedbetween the parts A B, giving an increased number of sounds on oneaction of the cord D and between these sections may be placed somedevice making a ringing or musical sound when the parts open or striketogether.

In the place of the rubber, some other elastic may unite the sectionsand accomplish the same purpose.

I claim- The toy constructed of two or more sections, having flat innersurfaces closing together, and held in .contact by an elastic cordbetween them, and having a suspending non-elastic cord, substantially asand for the purpose specified.

JOHN BAUMGARTNER.

WVitnesses HORACE HARRIS, I. W. BONNEL.

